“The holidays are upon us, Thanksgiving and Christmas. I have a lot to be thankful for this year,” says Clonakilty native Julie O’Brien. “As I look at my beautiful upside-down Christmas tree, back where it belongs on the ceiling of The Junction, my bar, my home away from home, in […]
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The Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP) Annual Appeal launched in November will be one of the most difficult in the Society’s 177-year history: According to the Society, calls for help this year will be at their highest level ever and could reach almost 200,000 by the end of […]
An annual challenge for the staff of Edel House, Cork’s emergency shelter for women and children, is to make sure that all the children in the shelter have a merry and memorable Christmas. One major improvement on all previous Christmases in Edel House is the impressive new building the service […]
Packaging waste inevitably goes up a lot at this time of year, with January a peak month at Clonakilty and other recycling centres across West Cork. With consumerism driving climate change, recycling has an important role to play in relieving the pressure on our landfills, reducing emissions and increasing our […]
Abalonia Koomans O’Reilly is the creator behind sustainable slow fashion brand Re.cut. Based in Ballydehob, the innovative young designer works with upcycled fabrics in her designs, which she sells through online marketplaces Depop and Etsy. Originally from East Clare, Abalonia was introduced to sustainability at a young age; she attended […]
An IPCC special report states that the world needs to almost halve emissions over the next decade and reach net zero carbon emissions by the middle of the century in order to limit global temperature rises to 1.5 degrees. The report labelled global warming as a ‘code red for humanity’. […]